1.
The mode of
removal of a
judge of a
High Court
in
India
is same as
that of
removal of a
judge of the
Supreme
Court.

2.
After
retirement
from the
office, a
permanent
Judge of a
High Court
cannot plead
or act in
any court or
before any
authority in
India
.

Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?

(a.) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d)
Neither 1
nor 2

2. Which one of the following is the correct
chronological
order of the
formation of
the
following as
full States
of the
Indian
Union?

(a) Sikkim- Arunachal Pradesh- Nagaland- Haryana

(b) Nagaland 1963-Haryana 1966-
Sikkim
1935-
Arunachal
Pradesh

(c)
Sikkim
-Haryana-Nagaland-
Arunachal
Pradesh

(d) Nagaland- Arunachal Pradesh-Sikkim-Haryana

3. Tarapore Committee was associated with which
one of the
following?

(a) Special Economic Zones

(b) Fuller capital account convertibility

(c) Foreign exchange reserves

(d) Effect of oil-prices on the Indian economy

4. Who among the following served as the Chief
Economist of
the
International
Monetary
fund?

(a) Ashok Lahiri

(b) Sumantra Ghoshal

(c) Saumitra Chaudhuri

(d) Raghuram Rajan

5. Where are Shevaroy Hills located?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Karnataka

(c) Kerala

(d) Tamil Nadu

6. Participatory Notes (PNs) are associated with
which one of
the
following?

(a) Consolidated fund of
India

(b) Foreign Institutional Investors

(c) United Nations Development Programme

(d)
Kyoto
Protocol

7. A train completes a journey with a few
stoppages in
between at
an average
speed in
between at
an average
speed of 40
km per hour.
If the train
had not
stopped
anywhere, it
would have
completed
the journey
at an
average
speed of 60
km per
hours. On an
average, how
many minutes
per does the
train stop
during
journey?

(a) 20 minutes per hours

(b) 18 minutes per hours

(c) 15 minutes per hour

(d) 10 minutes per hours

8. Who among the following have been the Union
Finance
Ministers of
India?

1. V.P. Singh 2. R. Venkataraman 3. Y.B. Chavan
4. Pranab
Mukherjee

Select the correct answer using the code given
below:

(a) 1,2 and 3 only

(b) 1,3 and 4 only

(c) 2 and 4 only

(d) 1,2,3 and 4

9. Which one of the following is the correct
sequence in
the
decreasing
order of
production
(in million
tones) of
the given
food grains
in
India
?

(a) Wheat-Rice-Pulses-Coarse cereals

(b) Rice- Wheat- Pulses- coarse cereals

(c) Wheat-Rice -Coarse cereals- Pulses

(d) Rice- Wheat- Coarse Cereals- Pulses

10. Which one of the following pairs of countries
joined the
European
Union in
January,
2007?

(a)
Bulgaria
and
Romania

(b)
Bulgaria
and
Belgium

(c)
Romania
and
Slovenia

(d)
Hungary
and
Croatia

11. What is the average distance (approximate)
between the
Sun and the
Earth?

(a) 70x105 km

(b) 100x105 km

(c) 110x106 km

(d) 150x 106 km

12. Consider the following statements:

1. If magenta and yellow coloured circles
intersect,
the
intersected
areas will
have red
colour. 2.
If cyan and
magenta
coloured
circles
intersect,
the
intersected
areas will
have blue
colour.

Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

13. Consider the following statements:

1. A flute of smaller length produces waves of
lower
frequency.
2. Sound
travels in
rocks in the
form of
longitudinal
elastic
waves only.

Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

14. Four wires of same material and of dimension
as under are
stretched by
a load of
same
magnitude
separately.
Which one of
them will be
elongated
maximum?

(a) Wire of 2 m length and 2 mm diameter

(b) Wire of 2 m length and 2 mm diameter

(c) Wire of 3 m length and 15 mm diameter

(d) Wire of 1 m length and 1 mm diameter

15. The average salary of 100 employees in an
office is Rs.
16,000 per
month. The
management
decided to
raise salary
of every
employee by
5% but
stopped a
transport
allowance of
Rs. 800 per
month which
was paid
earlier to
every
employee.
What be the
new average
monthly
salary?